Hep-Ex explores the fascinating intersection where particle physics meets experimental reality. This field investigates how scientists build massive detectors and accelerate particles to test the fundamental laws of nature, turning abstract theories into measurable data. It is the rigorous process of searching for new particles or forces that could reshape our understanding of the universe, often requiring years of collaboration and engineering.

At Gist.Science, we ensure these discoveries become accessible to everyone. We process every new preprint in this category directly from arXiv, generating both plain-language explanations for curious readers and detailed technical summaries for specialists. Our goal is to bridge the gap between complex experimental results and public understanding without losing scientific nuance.

Below are the latest papers in Hep-Ex, freshly summarized and ready for you to explore.

⚛️ high-energy experiments

Projection of purification performance for the RELICS experiment

This paper presents a validated comprehensive purity evolution model that incorporates non-uniform impurity transport mechanisms to project the purification performance for the upcoming RELICS-10 and RELICS-50 dual-phase liquid xenon detectors designed to search for reactor-induced coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering.

Jiachen Yu, Kaihang Li, Jingfan Gu, Chang Cai, Guocai Chen, Jiangyu Chen, Huayu Dai, Rundong Fang, Hongrui Gao, Fei Gao (…)2026-04-15
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Precision measurement of the muon charge asymmetry from WW-boson decays in $pp$ collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV in the forward region

Using 5.1 fb⁻¹ of proton-proton collision data at 13 TeV collected by the LHCb detector, this study presents the most precise measurement to date of the muon charge asymmetry from W-boson decays in the forward region, which aligns excellently with next-to-next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD predictions.

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb, C. Abellan Beteta, F. Abudinén, T. Ackernley, A. A. (…)2026-04-15
⚛️ nuclear theory

Open-flavor threshold effects on quarkonium spectrum in the BOEFT

This paper utilizes Born-Oppenheimer effective field theory (BOEFT) to systematically quantify open-flavor threshold effects on the quarkonium spectrum by solving coupled Schrödinger equations with lattice-constrained static potentials, successfully reproducing experimental data and providing a field-theoretical interpretation of the phenomenological 3P0^3P_0 model's pair-creation constant.

Nora Brambilla, Abhishek Mohapatra, Tommaso Scirpa, Antonio Vairo2026-04-15
⚛️ high-energy experiments

New measurement of K+π+ννˉK^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar\nu branching ratio at the NA62 experiment

The NA62 experiment at CERN presents a new measurement of the K+π+ννˉK^+\to\pi^+\nu\bar\nu branching ratio using combined 2016–2024 data, yielding a result of (9.61.8+1.9)×1011(9.6^{+1.9}_{-1.8})\times10^{-11} that is compatible with the Standard Model prediction with better than 20% precision.

Xiafei Chang2026-04-15
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Measurement of the WW-boson production cross-sections in $pp$ collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV in the forward region

Using 5.1 fb⁻¹ of proton-proton collision data at 13 TeV, the LHCb experiment performed a precision measurement of the forward WW-boson production cross-sections via the WμνW \to \mu\nu decay channel, yielding results that significantly improve upon previous measurements and align well with next-to-next-to-leading order theoretical predictions.

LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, M. Abdelfatah, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb, C. Abellan Beteta, F. Abudinén, T. Ackernley, A. A. (…)2026-04-15
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Ultralight dark matter in long-baseline accelerator neutrino oscillations

This paper systematically analyzes ultralight dark matter effects on neutrino oscillations using T2K and NOν\nuA data, revealing that stochastic fluctuations in the low-mass regime significantly relax coupling constraints while failing to resolve the existing tension in the CP-violating phase δCP\delta_{CP} between the two experiments.

Xin-Qiang Li, Hai-Xing Lin, Jian Tang, Sampsa Vihonen2026-04-14
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Optomechanical vector sensing of new forces at 6 micron separation

This paper reports a 100-fold improvement in sensitivity for detecting new gravity-like forces at micrometer scales using optically levitated microspheres, establishing the first multi-component vector force measurements and setting stringent new upper limits on Yukawa-type interactions in the 5–10 μm range.

Gautam Venugopalan, Clarke A. Hardy, Kenneth Kohn, Yuqi Zhu, Charles P. Blakemore, Alexander Fieguth, Jacqueline Huang (…)2026-04-14
⚛️ lattice

Revealing chiral-odd two-meson generalized distribution amplitudes in ee+(ππ)(ππ)e^- e^+ \to (\pi \pi) (\pi \pi) reactions

This paper demonstrates that chiral-odd dimeson generalized distribution amplitudes, which encode the spin-orbit correlation in spin-zero mesons, can be experimentally accessed in ee+(ππ)(ππ)e^- e^+ \to (\pi \pi)(\pi \pi) reactions through the interference between leading one-photon and two-photon exchange amplitudes, offering a direct path to probe this previously unmeasured sector of meson structure at facilities like BES III.

Shohini Bhattacharya, Renaud Boussarie, Bernard Pire, Lech Szymanowski2026-04-14